A Crippling Dependence- Why NATO Members Must Increase Defense Spending
Kade Jaarsma Published 3 May 2024 Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president of the United States, has claimed that Russia should...
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Why Biden won’t reduce funding for either Israel or Ukraine (for now)
Ethan New Published 19 March 2024 Change is often not seen as an asset for an incumbent President. Both domestically and internationally,...
Small Island States and Sea Level Rise
Lainie Nichols Published 2 April 2023 The Pacific Island nation of Kiribati is home to approximately 100,000 people including Ioane...
Climate Change, War, and Food Insecurity: Is the United Nations Still Relevant Today?
Nina Ariola Published 23 March 2023 Despite its mission to promote social, economic, and societal progress, the United Nations (UN) has...
Should the U.S. Negotiate with the Taliban on Behalf of Afghanistan’s Women?
Camryn Munday Published 16 March 2023 In 2011, an international poll sponsored by the Thomson-Reuters Foundation reported that...
Growing Political Instability in the Sahel
Rachel Abou Chaibou Published 14 March 2023 By 1960, all francophone West African territories had gained their political independence...
As Haiti Inches Toward Anarchy, Foreign Intervention Becomes Increasingly Necessary
Samuel Thiessen Published 6 March 2023 On 7 July 2021, Haiti’s former President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his private residence....
Canada Gives Green Light to Arms Export Deal with Saudi Arabia
Yeshua Silwamba Published 8 May 2022 Since 1986, Canada has aimed to restrict any export of arms to countries that commit serious human...
The Myanmar-Thailand Refugee Crisis
Analise Saavedra Published 26 April 2022 It was 7 a.m. as I watched the sun over the green mountains, crammed at the back of a pickup...
Fighting Human Trafficking: The Role of International Organizations
Ava Krepp Published 7 April 2022 Antonia, a 19-year-old European, had travelled to Romania under the false promise of factory work when...
Sino-African Relations and A New Colonialism
Wema Kibe published 25 March 2022 Kwame Nkrumah, the former president of Ghana and leading pan-Africanist, referring to neo-colonialism...
The Extradition Case of Meng Wanzhou Calls for Due Process in Canada
Jennifer Nundal published 30 December 2020 Canada is under fire on the international stage for following its own laws. The extradition...
China’s Commitment to Decarbonization will Spur the World into a Race to Decarbonize
Natalie Bruner published 14 December 2020 China, the world's largest polluter, emitting 28% of the world’s greenhouse gas, made the most...
The Issue of Sustainability and the Plague of Consumerist-Driven Economics
Hannah Kramer published 10 December 2020 When we imagine the future we talk about advances in technology, medicine, a better and happier...
China Should be Disqualified from Hosting the 2022 Olympics
Christa Lyford published 28 November 2020 For most democratic societies, the term “re-education camps” brings disturbing imagery to...
The Future of the United Nations
Jensen Schmidt published 21 November 2020 The United Nations was created in 1945 after the Second World War with the vision of preserving...
Canada Needs to Ban Huawei from its 5G Networks, ASAP
Emma Dykstra published 17 November 2020 Canada is now the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance that has not formally banned...
Fast Fashion: Ethical and Environmental Issues
Erin Elgersma published 13 November 2020 The modern day fashion industry is largely motivated by fast fashion. Fast fashion is...
If Biden Wins the White House, Who Should Be His Secretary of State?
Titus Stevens published 9 November 2020 If poll numbers stay steady as they have been for this particular U.S. Presidential Election, Joe...
Globalization in Reverse?
By Paul S. Rowe Professor of Political Studies & Coordinator, Political Studies and International Studies I teach in the fields of...
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